• April 20, 2024

The warning that remains in Texas, United States, to contain the spread of Ebola in the country has generated rumors that only generate panic among the population, so it is important that you learn how to spread the disease and how you can protect yourself.

The World Health Organization (WHO) denies that the Ebola it is contagious by air, since until now there is no proof and it is not anticipated that the virus will mutate to do it that way.

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Take these measures into account!

However, there is a high risk of spreading if the basic measures are not taken care of to avoid the spread of this disease, which has a case-fatality rate of 90%.

The WHO ensures that the only ways in which you can get the Ebola are:

1. Direct contact with body fluids (blood, saliva, sweat, feces, breast milk, semen, vomit)

2. Use clothing or bedding contaminated by Ebola sufferers

3. Having unprotected sex with someone infected

4. Use of unsterilized needles or contaminated medical equipment

5. Contact with infected animals (monkeys, bats)

6. Ingest meat from infected animals

The Ebola It is characterized by the appearance of fever, intense weakness, muscle, head and throat pain, vomiting, diarrhea, skin rashes, kidney and liver dysfunction, as well as internal and external hemorrhages. The virus has an incubation period of between two and 21 days.

Do not let panic damage your quality of life, just stay alert to any indication of the health authorities and make the right decisions. And you, do you know another form of Ebola contagion?

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